Rage

Originally posted by MarkusDark

The Sauron Size ring is magical and 'resizes' itself to the wearer. It was even depicted in the first movie in the Prologue.

 

As for a 3' person swinging a 5' sword, it is a matter of manuvering and leverage and nothing to do with strength. Forget about the 2x4 as afterall the character is supposedly a trained adventurer and everything, has a 15 strength meanwhile your average gamer has half that and so on. Dunno what the 10 pound weight at the end is suppose to represent as that basically adds over a hundred pounds to the wood as well as change the HELL out of the balance (insert exponential weight/distance equation here)

 

If you are REALLY into proving the point, go out, give your friend an 11 foot piece of PVC (what he would wield if he was a hobling with a 5.5 foot sword and a 12 foot piece costs about 2 bucks - plus you can make boffer weapons out of it afterwards!) and you take one that is 4 foot in length. Have him wield it by the bottom Two feet of the pipe (Mark it with tape) and see how well he does against you. Low blocks become a REAL bitch.

 

Then have two more friends pick up 4 foot pieces and see how well he does. You don't even have to try hard and hopefully he'll get the idea.

the best way to use a piece of PVC like that is to swing youself like a whirly gig. Hardly any meelee damage can be done as they can't get in to hurt you (if done fast enough) but your an open target for softballs.

Only works for a while or if your a trained dancer or someone like me whose inner ear hasn't settled yet.

Has anyone seen ninja terminator?

Re: Re: DNPC's- Friend or Foe??

Originally posted by Doug McCrae

I always thought Spider-man's comic would've been much improved by giving Aunt May superpowers.

BAD DOUG!!!!!

That sounds like somthing those spider writers from the 90's would havbe thought up

Originally posted by Pol Rua

Yup, wot assault said.

Cyclone Comics in Australia had a bunch of great Australian superhero titles, predominantly The Southern Squadron and The Jackeroo back in the late 80's/early 90's.

 

The Southern Squadron consisted of:

Nightfighter: a yob with chemically induced superstrength.

Southern Cross: A telekinetic energy projector and a bit of a yuppie.

The Dingo: A werewolf, also a Croatian Immigant.

Lt.Smith: A non-powered female SAS operative, team leader.

 

As a bit of revenge against how the US portray foreign superheroes, they actrually included a parody US team in issue 9 (I think), the Uncanny A-Men. They consisted of...

 

America-Man: America's favourite son of liberty. A middle-aged superstrong type with a musical belt buckle that plays 'The Star Spangled Banner' to disorient and distract his foes.

The Americano: Token hispanic. A (Papa Don't Preach-era)Madonna lookalike with a whip and a sonic cry.

Stormy Weather: The token black member. A chubby Las Vegas showgirl with weather powers.

Slasher: Bionic former Sioux chieftain and embittered Vietnam Veteran.

 

Also, in one issue, The Southern Squadron ended up teaming up with their New Zealand Counterparts, The Waitangi Rangers, who consisted of:

 

Silver Fern: A middle aged superstrong scrapper.

Kingfisher: A snappy dresser in tuxedo and domino. He appears to be the team leader and has possible mental powers.

Aotea: Maori Mgician/Shaman character.

 

The adventures of the Southern Squadron were great fun, and a nice look at heroes from abroad created by overseas creators. They tended to be a bit lighthearted, but that's part of our national character pretty much to take the piss out of our heroes.

 

 

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Pol.

Southern Sqaudren were fun.

I always think the height of Ausie comics was Issue Ones Zero Assasin universe though, Razorback and Zero both kicked so much ass. And even the "Game Over" man was cool.

Originally posted by assault

No. Sorry. You let our PM go.

 

If you had KEPT him, then you could have had the name. As it is, no.

 

As an aside, is it true that there is an NZ hero team called Group 6? Or am I getting confused with the uplifted mammal called Sheep 6?

 

(For those outside Australia and NZ, that is an accent joke. The Kiwi pronunciation of the letter "i" sounds like a cross between "e" and "u" to Australian ears.)

 

Alan

I believe so, there was a group published in the Armageddon Expo magazine that was called that, had there own little comic book as well.

Non of the characters were "Iconics" they were more we are a team we don't need to be made entirley out of iconic cliche's like some bad guest apearance team from the 70's... Ahhhh that felt good.

But seriously what is there for NZ and Australia?

I guess Captain Anzac or somthing (A char I've used), people who are Steve Irwin, Edmund Hilary clones or *shudder* Crocidile Dundee clones with super powers, Sports based heroes (like the Competitor), I've done a were Tasmanian tiger speedsteer... I guess we have the cliche mystic Aboriginal or Maori guy with a bull roarer or didge...

Actually as most people didn't "know" of NZ until LOTR we are kind of fresh, its most of the easy cliche that Australia has been hit by.

Actually te best Australian "Hero" done was Dingo from the Gargoyles cartoon. Even the Nanobot that went into the dream time was "fresh."

Australia has alot of animists they could choose

like tunnel Web or Funnel web

Taipan, Death Adder, Copper Top, Red Back, Crocodile, Dingo, Tasmanian Tigers, Tasmanian Devils, King Brown (One of the more deadly snakes.), and odd balls? Kangaroos (and wallabies), Wombats, Goanas, opossums, platypie, echindas, quokkas, frilled neck Lizards....

And thats just like the cliche national animist...

NB:I like the word "Cliche"

/NB

I wrote a team based around the super 12 last year, they bored me though so I didn't get attached.

Blue- Aqautic EPer

Highlander- Gaelic personalitied Construct MA

Bull - Move through specialist, guess what he looks like

Waratah- Waratahs are big metal posts, hes our straight brick.

Crusader- pocket brick MA big sword, been alive for centuries.

Chief- Waikatos Cheir, ageless spirit inhabitting an ex mungrel mob member, has a bunch of magic stuff made from ponamu. I rewrote him as NZ

s iconic 2 months ago.

Captain Hurricane- The Captain can fly real fast. he also leads

Brumbie- I think he was a speedster, could have been a techno geek can't remember

Stormer- an alien who was awakend in a lightning storm. super hard, strong, and can shoot lightning from hands.

(Tiger) Shark- boy "cursed" with becoming a shark changling able to morph into full shark or any stage between.

The Cat- An animistic cyber ninja brought or built highlander.

Red- Blues altered clone (caused by a bad guy by the name of Old Way.)Fire EPer

but knowing my luck you probably only follow league or Auzzie Rulez (they are kind of like Rugby Union but not quite, for those who don't know what Im talking bout... Its not an accent joke. Im not good at making jokes. Sigh...)

And by the by, there are more sheep in Australia than New Zealand. Just because we've realised they make good wives...

By the By have you met my cousin Baaaaart?

Originally posted by assault

Hmmm...

 

No. No. No. No. And No!

 

I would stick with Southern Cross. It has the significant advantage of not being terminally stupid.

 

In my CU, Southern Cross is a speedster, but you can make him or her anything you want.

 

As an aside, Uluru is the official name of what was formerly known as Ayers Rock.

 

Personally, my approach with Australian characters (and I'm Australian) is to go with any old generic super names. I rarely bother with anything specifically "Australian", and, frankly, I'm just as likely to use "foreign" character names, assigned to characters that have migrated from somewhere else. Australia, of course, has people who originated in every country in the world, just like the USA, or a bunch of other countries.

 

Alan

NO!!!! DARN YOU!!!

NEW ZEALAND HAS DIBS ON SOUTHERN CROSS!

WE HAVE YOUR PRIMEMINISTER IN OUR COUNTRY AND I'LL HOLD HIM TO RANSOM IF YOU DON'T.... ahh who cares

We got LOTR your got "Pirscilla Queen of the Desert"

Union Jack for England. an actual cool non american patriot (shudders at things like "Big Ben")

YY is invalid or atleast has never been reported.

but diferent amounts of those chromosomes can produced people who a very handicapped

there are

super males and superfemales

XXX

XXXX

XXY

XYY

XYYY

etc

I have a medical text book lieing around somewhere with what they usually do.

Mostly its downsyndrome like characteristics with some extra life threatening stuff thrown in (like heart and lung conditions etc)

Originally posted by st barbara

A "Teen Titans" cartoon ! As you say, it could be neat. I do hope that it manages to find its way across the pacific some time soon. Do you know WHICH characters will be featured in the Titans line up ?

I here ya St Barbara, Cartoon Network should be showing it soonish so I hope you got it.

haa haa the Hippeys in My country are getting all offended at John Howard, Ihaven't been this amused since the guy from PETA snuck in to the lectures and abused the Deans at Victoria Univerity

Originally posted by Blue

Thanks, that was very informative.

 

I bought "green stuff" after seeing articles about people sculpting their own miniatures. Turns out that despite some minimal artistic ability, I have absolutely NO talent for sculpting. So I've been using the green stuff in a similar capacity to this article, modifying miniatures I already had. I'm nowhere near as good as this guy though. Sheesh!

Ahh green stuff.

Wear would my Mordiem gangs be without it?

ARRG!!

Its for me too...

I was a DM and now I am nothing more than Aglars cyber neighbour listening to him and cyber Elizebeth cybering.

Cyber

MUST NOT SPAM!!

Originally posted by Champsguy

Okay. Some of these hit a little close to home.

SNIP!!!

All Hail the munchkin king.

Re: Ulitmate Vehicle Challenge

Originally posted by Tamashii2000

Ok here is a small challenge.

 

 

At the very begining of the 1981 film Heavy Metal there is a short scene where a car is dropped out of the bottom of a space shuttle, drops down through the atmosphere and lands on a road. the driver shifts gears.. lets lose with a parachute out the back and then drives on his merry way.

 

How would you make that car?

speaking of that movie... never watch it with a bretherin youth pastor

Re: Re: Re: Shrinking Brick Names

Originally posted by MisterVimes

I'm personally waiting on the write up for Universe Man:D

See thanks to 5th ed you can't do the old "How many levels of growth does he have?" haa haa haa joke. Its sad.

Ahh well for a unified system im prepared to allow it to slide... THIS TIME

and here I was thinking that these were pics of Nato nude or wearing a little pokadot monokini...

Just find whoever modeled for cap for Ultimates (it looks like they just based every major char of some hollywood actor.)

possibly Matt Damon. but hes not like Big enough to pull off cap. he should be more well more, broader shoulders more muscle bound etc.

Originally posted by Acroyear

Rage,

 

STR doubles every 5 points. So the Blue Beetle has a STR of 28ish (assuming it's "ten fit men" and not "ten athletic men" or "ten strong men") . However, this isn't even "superhuman" in Champions terms (which doesn't start until 31). So you can feasibly add up to 20 STR to that total since the ten men he's supposedly as strong as don't have STR scores listed for us to start doing our multiplying.

 

Nor does BB weigh tons or anything that would prevent him from moving normally in an environ like the jungle.

 

I don't think it would be unreasonable to give BB a "pugilism" kind of martial art and a couple levels. Nor do I think a SPD of 4 would be out of line, maybe even a five if an experienced version. In Champions terms, a SPD 4 is no longer "as fast as people get." Remember, he's got that law enforcement background... he's not just a pencil pusher or lab monkey... and he runs around beating up mobs of thugs with his fists.

 

The Blue Beetle, neither, was a member of the fab four. lol But if he was, he could have used mobs of screaming teenage girl fans...

 

While investigating a dope ring, Dan Garrett wounded by a gangster's machine gun, and laid near-death in the hospital. He received a visit from Dr. Franz, who had a plan to save Dan's life.

 

Dr. Franz administered a strange treatment. Dan was given the secret experimental vitamin 2X, a super drug that endows its recipient with super strength and healing abilities, increased speed, heightened senses, and enhanced intellectual capacity. Under the drug's influence, Dan Garrett rapidly recovered from his injuries, and returned to the street the next day.

 

also

 

There was a brief period in the late nineteen-forties when Blue Beetle would often gain extraordinary powers at the whim of the writers. One story might show the character flying, then the next may show him growing to giant proportions, or shrinking to miniature size.

 

and to keep Devil busy...(probably by eating)

 

Sparkington J. Northrup became Blue Beetle's boy sidekick in August of 1942. He wore a simplified version of Beetle's costume and called himself Sparky.

 

While thousands of children were being evacuated from England to the United States to protect them from threats from Europe, Sparky would make the opposite journey. He faced the front lines of the war alongside Dan Garrett who was then working as a special intelligence operative.

 

I still give it to the Phantom in the jungle though. It's damn hard to steal his thunder.

For the weight I was referring to the mesh.

Now if you've ever been in thick bush with a large leaf layer you notice that you can sink a little (Im just under 100kgs) now I always considered the mesh to be big heavy (and he could wear it because he was super strong) but I had read one story.

And my bad about the Str. hes still uber strong and stronger than 10 men which should be way over "ncm"

I counted him solwer than the phantom (who I esimated at spd 6) and I even though he could have a rudimentary rough and tumble style I feel that the Phantoms martial arts are far in superior to his "skills."

But I've defended Phantom against Batman...

I think... I think... I think.... (sorry but its been along time since I last thought)

What the phantom has which he could use in a fight.

1. 2 Colt 44's

2. Jungle honed physiuqe (increased CON, STR, DEX, all of which I assume are in the high 20's low 30's & a speed of 5-6)

3. Actual combat training + years of experience (Huge CSL's)

4. Untold riches

5. A dog

6. Smarts hardened by rough & tumble live or die trying life of jungle hardship & battling pirates and APE men.

7. The ability to fight first almost always.

What the Blue Beatle has to my knowledge

1. Super Strength (80- STR of 10 average men= 8x10)

2. Super CON & BOD (again like a huge amount again near 80's)

3. BODY ARMOUR, this stuff stops bullets stops punches even stops dog bites.

4. A 20's trained police brain.

5. Access to a gun.

Now this seems to be a proto Batman vs Superman fight.

If they both have time to prepare I would give the fight to The Ghost Who Walks. He would have to think hard to find a way to take down this metal clad avenger. And with that much cash he could get mustard gas, electricity or even a proper bomb that could total the armour.

In the jungle even though the Blue Beetle can move comfortably in his mesh (he has got 80 str) the ground wouldn't be able to hold him, he would be limited severly. And even on the best of days Spiderman would have trouble beating the Phantom in the Jungle. Blue Beatle wouldn't have a chance.

If it was a straight Ohh crap some masked avenger is attacking me fight I would give it to the Blue Beetle.

THe Phanoms Guns wouldn't work and he would actually have to use wrestling holds & throws on BB to hurt him as a direct punch wouldn't hurt him even through the mesh. And even then with his whopping great CON and BOD it would take minutes to take him down and BB is a brick. If he manages to grab one of the phantoms limbs he would crush him literally.

Ofcource these two people would realise before they killed each other and then thy would go beat up the bad guy, but that isn't fun.

Speaking of the Phantom: Anyone read that kicking Mandrake Phantom story in one of the latest Mags?

I loved it!

But I would...

AHh the old MORT of the month...

I would have to say Eye man.. with eyes on his hands.

Right Mr Quark, ever since Random Indian Guy and I parted ways (after the Minions & Morningstar got fried by Aglar and his M.O.P) I have become more and more... well extroverted, Is it true that with out a straight man to play off my rambunciousnessness could lead to me being "revised?"

Also I need a new Side kick or "partner" as you seem to be in contact with every super thing in the multiverse you wold know the best... So who would you suggest?

Forever trying to keep Bannanas from taking over the world

Rage "379"

bogey man baby!

Originally posted by Gary

10 comeliness for Wonder Woman??? Are you sure this isn't Wonder Chimp?

10 Distinctive Features: Tall, Beautiful Amazon; Concealability: Concealable, 10; Reaction: Noticed and Recognizable, +0

So shes tall and beutiful, sure she got negative points but lets face it when does being a hot chick really pay off in anything but the most realistic comics?

And remember George Washington was so inbreed he mistook an amazon wearing bronze armour and an american flag skirt as a "foreign spy" even though he was in the middle of the snow and she had a floating microman with her aswell...

Im off to arrest my next door neighbour for being an alien being so ciao

Re: once again i need help!!

Originally posted by Shadow Dancer

Some of you may remember me from the temporary boards

I posted a couple o fthings, one of them being a call for help building a "Dr. Strange" type character for one of my players ...

 

The Player, not being satisfied with the Spell caster options i laid out for him with your wnderful help, has come up with an even "better" concept for a vigilante type of character...

 

This one fits even less into the rules than the mage..

 

If i give a concept can some of you help me out???

 

I don't have hero designer and the book work is making my head hurt..

 

The basic concept is a character whose powers are fueled by his "absorbing" the strong emotions of Hate,Anger, and rage.

 

He's got a few powers "normally" but the main ones are in a multipower that is fueled by this absorption, and ONLY work AFTER he's absorbed ......

 

Where i'm having the trouble is defining his absorption, since there's nobody created yet that makes emotion based attacks. Thus, there'd be nothing to actually absorb. I tried tying an absorb to an end reserve which starts at 0 and fills with the absorb points... and the multipower pulls end from the reserve.. at 1 end per active point used ..

 

but i don't know if this will work.. It's either that or i was thinking of an "AID" variant that only works in combat, with a special effect that its powered off the strong emotions generated in combat..

 

please .. any help would be greatly appreciated!!

THIS IS EXACTLY MY CHARACTER CALLED Angst!

Re: Bestiary

Originally posted by Super Squirrel

I actually have yet to have a chance to open it up. We spent our Tax Refund we won't get. We were there all day and there was only enough time for one. I plan on abusing the bestiary far worse than any other Hero product. My players are going to hate me. Muhahaha!

 

I did flip through it though and it looks pretty cool.

DARN IT SQUIRREL!

How many more NPC's have to die before its me, or Rumikofan, or Wraith?

(actually this entire bits been kinda cool)

Why do you try and make us hate you and then laugh maniacly?

IIIIIIIIIIIII'mmmIm meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllttttttttttiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnngggg MEEEELLLLLLLLTTTTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGG

etc.